Inner Glow

"The glow of one warm thought
is to me worth more than money."
~ Thomas Jefferson

Saturn, glowing from within

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day

(Credit:  VIMS Team, U. Arizona, ESA, NASA)

Angels

Leaves of Grass

"I believe a leaf of grass is no less

than the journey-work of the stars."

The words are by Walt Whitman

who was born on May 31, 1819.

The photograph is called "Dew III," by Orlandas Butkus
From Pixdaus.

Lights in the Sky

The Large Magellanic Cloud

Astrophotographer: Robert Gendler

Ever since I was a little girl, I have been -- to put it mildly -- obsessed with the "lights in the sky." This particular blog will be devoted to that subject and other natural wonders, and the close connections between these phenomena and the alternative worlds of literature and mythology, into which I fold religion. From time to time, art and music may also be involved. Won't you join me on my ongoing quest for understanding.